Stephen A Smith is going to destroy Bargnani as soon as he comes in plays like shit lol cant wait Im surprised he hasnt said anything on this yet actually. You're 7 feet.........AND YOU CANT REBOUND???? THATS BLASPHEMOUS I never thought I'd say this but NEW YORK YOU LOST ME HOW CAN YOU HAVE THE LEGENDARY CLUTCH PLAYA CARMELLLLLLOOOO ANTHONY playing BESIDE THIS SCRUUBB....Might as well get KWWWWWWAAAAAAAMMMMMEEEY BROWNN over here as much as it pains me to say this SKIP BAYLESS I AM DONE WITH NEW YORK RIGHT NOOOOW! Lol

Personally, I'm not quite sure how I would feel. It would definitely feel bittersweet. I would be happy that he finally found his touch, but at the same time really bitter that he couldn't do this when he was here...

Wouldn't matter, its the situation that will make him play well, he would have sucked if he stays. For his sake i hope he does well, because NY will eat him up alive because of what they gave up to get him, something that's not his fault, just like it wasn't his fault he got picked #1.

Good with the bad

I came home from vacation to see this. Great news. Raptors need a consistent 3 point option and Novak can give it. Although he is a HUGE liability on defense(but so is Bargnani). I imagine Q-rich will never wear a raps uniform. I'm also not sure if this has already been talked about, as I'm not going to go through 17 pages but apparently Marcus Camby was upset about being traded and voiced that he wants to play for a contender. I imagine this means if the raptors can't find a suitable place for him then he may consider retirement and then sign with a contender when eligible. Too bad as I believe he could be a good mentor for JV. Either way I like the trade. Bargnani had to be on his way out and I would've been happy with just Novak/cap filler, the picks are just extra. Great start for Ujiri.

Consider many of the moves temporary in nature. I believe secondary ones shall be made. BC's poop is being cleaned up right now...imo.

+1. I will add that it will be easyto trade novak to a team at the deadline too.

I think there is a board with a priority list on it and priority one just happened and kind of snuck in on priority 2(3pt shooting) as well.

Pure speculation but i think they want to
1 get rid of bargs
2 add 3pt shooting
3 aquire assets and young players

I think masai looked at the list and made a trade that checked most off the board. Bargs for lee would have checked off item one but nothing for the others. I think we will be a team with stock piles of picks in the future